This is an analysis of the poem Fires Of Driftwood that begins with:

ON what long tides
Do you drift to my fire,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaaaX Cdeb eXdXb CcXaXeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1110110 110110 0111 11001 110010 100110101 1101 1001 1111110 101110 11101 1101011101 111 1110 11011110 1101 1111010011 101011 1001011010 1100 11100111010 101010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, you are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of Fires Of Driftwood;
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